1 Year 1 Fear with Cara Flynn

1 Year 1 Fear is doing a series of interviews featuring 2026 graduates of both high school and college to celebrate the season. This is the fourth interview of the series!  Ava Frese is a recent high school graduate from Iowa City. In this episode, Ava will talk about growing up in Iowa City, being an only child, having ADHD, going to middle school during COVID, baton twirling, playing basketball,...

Jessica Maxwell is the owner and Head Coach at Ambition Baton Twirling in Iowa City. In this episode, she will talk about growing up in Coralville, attending college at Western Illinois, competing in Miss Iowa, how she met her husband, and opening her studio. Today's episode is sponsored by: QC Kinetix  - "At QC Kinetix-Coralville, we understand pain. Whether its knees that ache at the end of the...

1 Year 1 Fear is doing a series of interviews featuring 2026 graduates of both high school and college to celebrate the season. This is the third interview of the series!  Chloe Hendricks is a recent college graduate from Iowa City. In this episode, she will talk about growing up in Iowa City with triplet siblings, attending Kirkwood and then the University of Iowa, and graduating this year, as we...

1 Year 1 Fear is doing a series of interviews featuring 2026 graduates of both high school and college to celebrate the season. This is the second interview of the series!  AJ Flynn is Cara's son and recent high school grad from Iowa City! In this episode, AJ will talk about growing up in Iowa City, being in middle school during COVID, discovering the upright bass and electric bass guitar, his mus...

1 Year 1 Fear is doing a series of interviews featuring 2026 graduates of both high school and college to celebrate the season. This is the second interview of the series!  Nora Yates is a 17-year-old recent high school grad in Iowa City. In this episode, she will talk about growing up in Michigan and then Iowa City, getting an acting agent at the age of 11, being a professional actor, and her pla...

1 Year 1 Fear is doing a series of interviews featuring 2026 graduates of both high school and college to celebrate the season. This is the first interview of the series!  Emerson Townsend is a 17-year-old recent high school grad in Iowa City. In this episode, she will talk about growing up partly in Sioux City, Iowa before moving to Iowa City at a very young age, growing up with one older sister,...

Courtney Roth was born in Iowa City, raised in Ohio until he was five years old, and then moved back to Iowa City where he lives today. In this episode, Courtney will talk about growing up with 4 brothers, playing sports and competing in the Special Olympics, living in group homes, his Special Commitment Ceremony with his life partner Kendre, and his various jobs, as well as working with Systems U...

Michelle Dillon is an Iowa City native! In this episode, she will talk about growing up in Iowa City, moving to Kansas City in her early 20s, having kids and getting married, transitioning to optical work, working at Discerning Eye (past sponsor of this show!), and discovering a love for cycling. Michelle will also talk about her daughter, Charlotte, being diagnosed with Type 1 Diabetes at the age...

This is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Doug Goettsch. Doug Goettsch is a restaurateur in Iowa City. In this episode, Doug will talk about his early adventures in the restaurant business and travel, going to culinary school and becoming a chef, meeting his wife, Sarah (previously featured on this podcast on episode number 6), and opening Big Grove Brewery. Today's episode is sponsored by: QC...

This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation with Doug Goettsch. Doug Goettsch is a restaurateur in Iowa City. In this episode, Doug will talk about growing up in eastern Iowa, working on farms, his love of basketball and an injury he sustained while playing at a young age, working in kitchens and restaurants, becoming a bartender and restaurant manager, and truly falling in love with the hospitality b...

Eddie Etsey is the Founder of Eddies Teddies Inc . In this episode, Eddie will talk about growing up in Ghana and moving to Iowa City at the age of 14 in the early 90's. He will also talk about the amazing work being done at https://eddiesteddies.org/   Today's episode is sponsored by: QC Kinetix  - "At QC Kinetix-Coralville, we understand pain. Whether its knees that ache at the end of the day, a...

This episode covers the third and final day of the 2026 Beyond Barriers Rock Climbing excursion to Colorado. Today's episode is sponsored by: QC Kinetix  - "At QC Kinetix-Coralville, we understand pain. Whether its knees that ache at the end of the day, a shoulder that can't reach the top shelf anymore or a back that makes it hard to sit for long periods of time. We have a solution for you. You mi...

This episode covers days 1 and 2 of the 2026 Beyond Barriers Rock Climbing excursion to Colorado. Part 2, covering the third and final day of the trip, will release next Monday, April 20th, 2026. Today's episode is sponsored by: QC Kinetix  - "At QC Kinetix-Coralville, we understand pain. Whether its knees that ache at the end of the day, a shoulder that can't reach the top shelf anymore or a back...

Ashley Whittlesey is the owner of "That Girl" Tree Care based in the Iowa City area. In this episode, Ashley will talk about growing up in Runnells, Iowa, becoming an arborist, and hiking the entire Pacific Crest Trail. Check out "That Girl" Tree Care on the web: https://www.thatgirltreecare.com/ On Instagram: @ that_girl_treecare Today's episode is sponsored by: QC Kinetix - "At QC Kinetix-Coralv...

This is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Rina Jensen  and  Jenna Rinaldi , Co-Founders and Alignment Strategists at Aligned Collective LLC.  In part 2, Rina and Jenna will talk about their lives after meeting and creating Aligned Collective LLC together.  Today's episode is sponsored by: The Adjusted Family Chiropractic  - "At The Adjusted Family Chiropractic, we know every milestone matters —...

This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation with Rina Jensen and Jenna Rinaldi , Co-Founders and Alignment Strategists at Aligned Collective LLC.  In part 1, Rina and Jenna will talk about their lives before creating Aligned Collective LLC together.  Today's episode is sponsored by: The Adjusted Family Chiropractic  - "At The Adjusted Family Chiropractic, we know every milestone matters — from your ba...

Dusty Swehla is a Cedar Rapids, Iowa–born wellness professional, yoga instructor, and small business owner who specializes in holistic health, recovery, and trauma-informed practices. In this episode she will talk about growing up in Cedar Rapids with her dad and her four siblings, becoming a mother while in high school, her Lakota Sioux heritage, recovery from alcohol addicition, and discovering...

Griffin Benson is a tattoo artist in Dubuque, Iowa. Griffin is here interviewed while tattooing past guest and friend of the show, Jenn Robb, along with her daughter Sydney. Griffin will talk about growing up in small town Iowa with four brothers, apprenticing as a tattoo artist with his dad, joining the shop he works at now, Grim River Tattoo , and all the weird stuff about tattooing. This is an...

Natalie Brown is a sound healing practitioner based in Iowa City. In this episode she will talk about th death of her father when she was only 7 months old, growing up with her single mother, learning the violin at 4 years old, attending university for violin, joining a band, living and studying in Scotland, meeting her wife, living and studying in India, and starting work with The Sound Healing A...

This is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Brynn Anderson. Part 1 was published on February 16, 2026. Brynn Anderson grew up in southwest Iowa. In this episode, she will talk about raising children with a perceived black husband, the concept of privilege, starting a coffee group called Messy Tuesdays, the death of her young nephew, and the state of our country right now. Today's episode is spons...

This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation with Brynn Anderson. Part 2 will be released in one week (February 23, 2026). Brynn Anderson grew up in southwest Iowa. In this episode, she will talk about her high school struggles, her love of horses, her realization that she has dyslexia, living in Kansas City as an adult, meeting her husband on a blind date, getting married, losing their her child durin...

Brody Lassner is a film/video editor, YouTuber, and speed cuber based in LA. Brody is the son of Jason Lassner, featured on this podcast for episodes 143 and 144. In this episode, Brody will talk about growing up in Iowa City, discovering speed cubing (solving a Rubik's Cube rapidly and competatively), discovering his love of video editing, going to Indiana University, creating a succesful and pop...

This is part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Carrie Fitzgerald. Carrie Fitzgerald is a life coach focusing on dating and relationships. In this episode she will talk working in D.C. for 11 years to advocate for children's rights nationwide, becoming a grandmother, moving back to Iowa, and her decision to transition into becoming a life coach focusing on dating and relationships.  Find Carrie on In...

This is part 1 of a 2-part conversation with Carrie Fitzgerald. Carrie Fitzgerald is a life coach focusing on dating and relationships. In this episode she will talk about growing up in Michigan with 9 siblings, moving to Chicago to become a nanny at 19, getting married and having 2 kids before going through divorce seven years later, becoming a social worker, volunteering at a women's prison, and...

Dr. Jason Bradley is a chiropractor, author, and podcast host. In this episode Jason will talk about growing up in Fairfield, Iowa (the transcendental meditation capital of the world), studiying anthropology at the University of Iowa, deciding to become a chiropractor and studying at Palmer College of Chiropractic, as well as receiving a Masters in journalism.  Listen to his podcast, Get Better Fa...